Paper-filing device.



I.. W. CUTTING.

PAPER FILING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24. |915.

Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

2 SHI'ETS--SHEETl 2.

WITPIEEI-:s:

Unirse Loose w. comme, os sroe'esiteon, messsonesnrms.

' PEER-ELNG BEVCE.

messed fo all 'Lo/wm e' may concern.'

. Beit-lmownlbe. Lllooxs W. CUTTING, a.

citizen o" elle United States, and a resident 4of Stoughton, in falle-county of Norfolk and lStiel/eef lllessaolmsee, lieve invented anew and useful improvement in insofar-Filing Devices,of which eheollowing is e speciliceton.'y v All/ly invenion relates imponer ling devices 'such es check-files, card-index systems, etc. 'endvits object is to improve and simdie 'menner bereinelser set; forth- A Two embodinienizs of 'my invention ere Figure 1 Ais e plan View of e. checlole containing my improvement. Fig. Qis e longitudinal vertical. section teken on the line 2--2 of Fig. l. Fig. -3 isa transverse vertical section teken on the line of Fig. vl. lFig. 4f' is e transverse verticellsection teken on the line 4-4l of Fig. l. Fig. 5 fis e perspective View of e card-index tray embodying another forni of my improvement. Fig. 6 is e transverse vertical section of said card-index tray.' f

-In 'elle particular drawings selected for more fully disclosing my invention, 'l rep-v resents e cabinet or drawer, the sides of which ere provided with runners 2, 2, Whose 4upper' edges present smooth and unbroken Vsurfaces 'and which project slightly above 'the vvtop of the sides and support the guidel :v/cei'ds or separators 3, to the upper corners of each of Lwhich are secured clips e, 4 er- "i'agedlas shown to project laterally and rest on seid runners. Theclips 4, Al, which 'preferably ere of metal, niej/'be secured to 40 the separators by eyelets as slioWm/or in anyv other convenient manner and preferably are ,provided with downturnedjlips 5 5 which extend. as shown beyond the runners. EX- 'ltending-long the lower portion of seid wells 45 otheg'cabinet are racks 6, 6 having upwardlyf'opening notches arranged lto receive @the end 7,/o the follower 7 'which may be lemployed if desired. 'A The separator card may be provided with "5E tile usual nume-tab 3 on its upper edge end preferably its lower edge is provided with a. projection 3 vfitting into the groove l in the base of the cabinet.

, lt will be understood of course time tbe 55 cabinetl will be, provided with e number of the construction of suobldevices in, lilleA illustrated in libe accompanying drawings,-

struction tbe sides .egip'ncanozi me@ :february es, 1915. serial no. 10,182.

guide or seperej'eor cards 3, of which only one is ilustreied, end that in ille of cliecloiile each card will carry elle nemey of :i deposior whose checks, after they lieve been returned so elle bank, are placed behind the approprie@ cerd. The checks being longer than elle vgroove l', which is occupied by tbe lng 25"", 'le will be impossible for a check to pese along tire bese o' tile cabinet to the adjacent comporti/nent or to lee-ve the compartment in which 'it is placed ben'een the de posiors guide-card and the neil adjacent guide-werd. Considerable inconvenience has wiereto'ore been experienced with devices of ellis chai-acier beceuse of checks and other pepers 'fallin-g fiel; on the bese of the cabinet when the latter is 'noti completely lilled or when the follower is notl pressed tightly against the renrmost separator card, but by ineens or" the presene invention elle lile may be es conveniently used when only partially es when compleely lilled, for the several guide-cards may be pushed together es tightly ns possible and lieve litle or no tendency 33o separate even when the follower 7 is not employed. luring the courseof Y *che monili deposiors requenily desire o sce 15h ir reiurned checks and by Ineens o niy invention it e very easy metier o locate die clieclcs desired and by moving the guidecirrzils in front of seid checks bodily forward, or those tbc resi: thereof bodily backward, louve e vacant space behind tliedepositoris guidecerd so time after inspection the ciiecls ineylbe'returned Ebo die proper com pertmen wiliout loss of time.

The principle underlying the check-lilo above described is shown applied to e cerd-v indesystem in 5 represens e card :ind (S, in Woick l fof any suitebic conci which are `provided with runners 2', 2"- siiown in "the presen insance as angle irons, elle long sides of which are secured to elle tops of the sides of the tray, the upturned Tonner 'portions lievi-ng 'smooili unbroken edges end projecting inwardly from said sides. Each cord 8 renforced at its upper corner es by celluloid 9 or any otliereuiteble materiel end notched izol forni o 'projection shaped io extend over the runner, eech upper corner being provided with e downwardly exending lip l() which projects beyond 'the runner.

ln order,- i'Lo place che cards in lie/tray tney are hele. '1n diagonal position, she '3.0

placed over he runners and then turned se thin ltheir planes parallel with the ends of the tray,

To reino-Ve the eurd, i is necessary unlff7 in turn ille suine dingonulljg lift ii slighily so that the hp n'ill cle; r ehe top of the runner und ilnn turn it still further :ntil i'he groove clears he runnerl whereumn it; muy be .lifted oui. e l

E will` be undersnod that Various .inodii` rutions muy be nu: le in the devices herein sprriirnlly Vlesrribeil without flepurting 'roni the spiritl oli my invention :is defined in the appended Claims.

Hui'ingr thus described preferred embodinuns' el my invent-ion, wiheut however limiting; myself thereto, what l oluiin as nen' und desire to Secure by Letters Patent `lS l. fr filing' device comprising a cabinet,

l runners secured to und projecting upwardly freni the sides of said cabinet, She upper edges or smid runners having; smooth and unbroluin sur'lues, und cards suspended from und supported wholly by sind runners, he upper rorners oi Suid wirds being auch provided with :i dou'nurned lip projecting beuVond suid runners.

2. A iiling device comprising' :i cabinet,

runners serum? to und projeeing upwardly from bhe sides of said cabinet, theupper edges of Suid runners having smooth undunbroken surfaces, cards suspended from und supported Wholly by sind runners, racks secured te the sides of said cabinet and huvunev upWurdly-opening notches, und :1- 'OL lo ner having its ends arranged to be received 3. A filing device comprising u cabinet, runners associated with the sides of said 40 cabinet :ind cards suspended from und supported Wholly bj. said runners, the upper corners of Suid Cards euch being pnnided Wih u downturned lip projecting beyond said runners.

il. A. liling device comprising u Cabinet, runners associated with the sides of said eiibinet :ind nui-ds suspended from und suppored Wholly by said runners, the upper corners: of said cards euch being reinforced 5 04 and provided with u downturned lip projecting beyond said runners.

ln testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my naine this 13th day of February, 1915.

LOUIS W. CUTTliNG. lllitnesses Fnnnnniun JOSEPH VANSTON, DENNIS WILLIAM BUCKLEY. 

